First Week Menus

Well, Monday night marked the end of our first official week of our local food month! I will try and break out individual recipes in separate posts but will give an overview first. Breakfasts and lunches tended to revolve around the same things. Generally breakfast entailed either pancakes, Anson Mill oatmeal, toast and jam or homemade breakfast breads. Lunches were usually either leftovers from the night before and/or cheese or turkey (Allison Family Farms) sandwiches, homemade Gazpacho (Beverly McLaughlin at the County Market). Dinners were fabulous all week...here was our nightly menus.

Monday, July 9th: Smoked Turkey Frittata with tomatoes and basil and homemade toast and jam

Tuesday, July 10th: Pasta primavera

Wednesday, July 12th: Grilled pork chops, sauteed greens, grilled corn on the cob and eggplant, tomato, basil and homemade mozzarella "napoleons"

Thursday, July 13th: Make-your-own pizzas, including homemade roasted red peppers, oven roasted tomatoes, homemade mozzarella and pesto and other yummy toppings

Friday & Saturday nights: Wedding events (our eating wasn't priority!)

Sunday, July 15th: Roasted vegetable lasagna with farmer's market bread

Monday, July 16th: Dinner at Ratcliffe on the Green with good friends...delicious locally grown meal including a cheese plate from local dairies, NC mountain trout, blackberry shortcake. More about this in another post

See future posts for recipes of these meals and pictures.